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Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages

by Matthew Gabriele (Editor), JamesT.Palmer (Editor)

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    $140.13
Synopsis

Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides a range of perspectives on what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the twelfth century. It explores and challenges accepted narratives about both the development of apocalyptic thought and the way it intersected with cultures of reform to influence major transformations in the medieval world.

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge from academics in Britain, Europe and the USA this book offers the latest scholarship in apocalypse studies. It consolidates a paradigm shift, away from seeing apocalypse as a radical force for a suppressed minority, and towards a fuller understanding of apocalypse as a mainstream cultural force in history. Together, the chapters and case studies capture and contextualise the variety of ideas present across Europe in the Middle Ages and set out points for further comparative study of apocalypse across time and space.

Offering new perspectives on what ideas of `reform' and `apocalypse' meant in Medieval Europe, Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages provides students with the ideal introduction to the study of apocalypse during this period.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 244
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 1138684023
ISBN 13: 9781138684027

Media Reviews
'Covering a sweep of time from the Book of Revelation and the early Middle Ages through the twelfth century (with an eleventh-hour stop at the country-western Louvin brothers), Gabriele and Palmer's Apocalypse and Reform assembles a team of experts to challenge assumptions about medieval attitudes towards the end of the world. Rather than presenting us with panicking peasants or wild-eyed millenarian revolutionaries, the essays in this masterful volume rightly place the apocalypse at the center of medieval society, culture, and politics, discernable in works of exegesis, prophecy, art, theology, the liturgy and more. The editors and authors are to be applauded.'

Brett Whalen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US

'The world seems to be continually nearing its end. From the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire to the A-Bomb, an imminent end had been in sight and triggered social, cultural and religious transformations. In this coherent and impressive collection, each article firmly locates this phenomenon within diverse geo-political, cultural and religious contexts. Appealing to students and academics alike, this volume constitutes an important step in the rehabilitation of the Apocalypse. No longer the confines of historians of religion and radicalism, its editors bring the apocalypse into global history.'

Eyal Poleg, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Author Bio
Matthew Gabriele is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Medieval & Early Modern Studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech, USA. His previous publications include An Empire of Memory: The Legend of Charlemagne, the Franks, and Jerusalem before the First Crusade (2011), The Legend of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages: Power, Faith, and Crusade (2008) and Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Essays on Medieval Europe in Honor of Daniel F. Callahan (2014). James T. Palmer is Reader in Medieval History at St Andrews, UK. His previous publications include The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages (2014) and Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish World 690-900 (2009).